Laura, I love those! What a great idea, and it looks so good. Do you sell those by any chance??
Gabi

Those double hangers would work for me as well, right now i just hang the bottom plant, in its plastic pot with a plastic hanger, hooked on the macrame at the bottom of the top pot. Then, since I have alot of little hoyas in 4" hanging pots, I hang one or two of those from the rim of the bottom pot.

Years ago I knew how to make them, do you have any patterns or directions? It isn't that they are very expensive, just that the ones in the stores are sooooo mostly made from nylon, ugly, big poufy tassles and all....I saw on some forum somewhere a girl, she may have been into hoyas, had beaded plant hangers, made with clear and colored crystal type beads. They were so pretty, but I think she stopped making them.

That's actually a good idea too Ines, to hang a plastic hanging plant from the bottom of the macrame holder. Good, now I have room for some more hoyas :)

I don't think these look so tacky; am curious Laura what are you making them from? I can't put hooks in my place (ceilings too tall for me to reach), otherwise I might want some myself.

Here's my next question, don't they drip water all over the floor when you water?

For any interested parties who don't already know this, they'd be best made from synthetic yarn/cord/rope like nylon or acrylic (like one would use for knitting baby clothes). If made from natural fibers, over time, w/ moisture they'll rot.

These are made from some sort of natural fiber...I used what I could find. Macrame isn't exactly "in" so finding supplies is next to impossible. I made some of jute (?) and others are made from what looks like a cotton fiber. I couldn't find synthetic.

I also so use hooks to hang smaller pots off the sides/bottom of larger pots.

I don't use a pattern I just use the knot that I learned in Girl Scouts and later used in the 70s macrame boom.

I use them too- off and on- I'm obviously not right in the head coz it never occured to me to put a saucer in it as well. I'd just put the pot in the macrame hanger and when I watered, I'd move the trash can underneath it so water could drip out.

I have a few jute ones that I found at a hardware store but it's really hard to find the nice looking ones. I agree, most I see are the 'tacky' kind. I wish I knew how to make them. i remember doing a search for them online some time back and it came up with lots of instructions and kits in the search results.

Well, silly me never even noticed that Laura's got the saucer in the hanger right below the pot where it belongs. What a great idea, gee, I may have to start thinking abt doing this myself. As it is, I already have pots hanging off the edges of other pots or off the edges of wire baskets the pots are in ... hum ...

Thanks for sharing this great idea w/ us Laura!

For synthetic materials, just go to any place that sells yarn.

I've always used saucers with mine. Never occured to me that someone might put a pot in one w/o a saucer. LOL

Imagine a craft store would have books on macreme ... good chance your local library either has some too or can borrow one from another library.

I make my own macrame hangers. I must have 20. I make them from 6 or 8mm craft cord. They are anything but tacky. I have made some double hangers and put burro's tail in them. They look beautiful. Let me know, I can send you some pictures.

Sal, do you know how to post pics on the forum here? I would love to see what you've created....

I've made quite a few of these in the last few weeks too. I ran out of room on stands and shelves so I had to start hanging some. I dont really think they are tacky either unless they have big puffy tassles and lots of crap hangin off of them. I make them simple with just a few glass beads on some kinds.

I think its the 70's style the big frizzy puffs and the tassles and the synthetic fibers in loud colors that we've been referring to as tacky. When made with good quality earthy fibers and tasteful little accents here and there, they are great. I think the thing that you want is for the plant to get noticed first, not the hanger!

Somewhere I saw some made with glass beads, and they were gorgeous! I have a few made from seashells, which are only tacky if you don't live by the ocean, which I don't anymore, so I guess I am tacky. But I plan to live by the ocean again, so I am hanging on to them....besides, did you ever try to unwrap a hoya vine that has been growing around the same hanger for 10 yrs?

I'd love to see some that people here have made, it is very hard to fine nice ones in the stores - even if they are in more subdued colors, they are always made from that synthetic plasticky looking yarn.

When I read this thread, I was wondering how I could do it with things I already have. I made some out of some heavy boating rope my kids and I found in the river bed. We had to drag it a mile home but it was worth it :) I cut it up into strands about the size of clothes line and used them to make the hanger. No beads, just a few knots here and there, but the problem was my ceiling wouldn't hold them, neither is it high enough, ugh! The cats had fun playing with them.

Another cheaper, more durable way to make them is with the non-synthetic cloth clothes line. It's about $3 for enough to make two, if you're easy on the knots.

This is a little off topic, but if you want to hang your pots, here is what I do. I use chain, any chain from the hardware store, and use s hooks to slip it into a hole I previously drilled....three holes, three s hooks, then attach them a couple of inches for the pot, and voila a hanging pot! I do this for my smaller 4 inch pots of hoyas, and being they are so light, I can hang them from almost anywhere.

Tracy

The trouble with attaching the hanger to the pot in holes on the side is that there is no way to add a saucer to the underneath. I know...there are pots with saucers that are already attached, but those are usually not good enough and also plug up the drain holes too much. I like to SEE how much water comes out the bottom in the saucer.
The chains and wires are fine for outside, but for the living room, I need a saucer so the macrame sounds like a better idea.
Marcy

I have actually done the chain thing with a sturdy plastic drip tray, and then hung the plant in there, so if the tray is what you need, you could do it that way too. I guess it all depends which look you like the most too.

Tracy

OK I was able to post a photo in Photo Gallery under Proud Project. It's the macrame hangers.

Hi Sal,

In Photo Gallery of what Forum pls? I don't see it at Hoya Photo Gallery above.

you click on the "proud projects" catagory, it's the picture on the top left

I've got a lot of different hangers I've bought over the years and I really like most of them, even if the color isn't ideal. I've never bought any "loud" colored ones, mind you, but I have all different styles. A few years ago, I bought a big beautiful one on eBay, made of all clear beads and it has an acrylic shelf to set a large plant on. It's stunning!

PG - lucky you! I love high ceilings! You must live in a great old building there in NYC... I have 9' ceilings (not all that high...) and have hooks, and use the decorative chain that comes in many different finishes to bring them down to a manageable height. I use saucers under mine, too, watering carefully until it comes out the drain holes. I let them sit awhile, then use one of those ear irrigation bulbs to remove excess water. The down side of having them hanging in hangers like that is that they're harder to take down to give them a bath with VF-11.

Many of mine hang right in the windows. I put little teacup hooks in the woodwork behind the valance (so you don't see them) centered over each window. Then I hang those EA pots - sometimes, it takes a few links of chain from the teacup hook to get it at exactly the right level. This way, they hang practically against the glass, getting the maximum amount of sun. This works well for the 6" and 8" pots. I'ts my really, really big Hoyas I put in the macrame hangers in a bit from the windows.

Denise in Omaha

They are great and DEFINATELY NOT TACKY at all. Your garden/deck area is also stunning!
Gill.

I still can't find "Proud Projects". Is it in the photo gallery? Is it in "other forums"? I can't find it anywhere. I know...I know.. senior moments. Ha Ha
Marcy

I can't find it either, not a gallery by that name anyway. Not a senior moment for me (even tho' I just turned 51 a wk ago). I see no such listing anywhere, not even in THS ???? Perplexing.

ok girls - this is like the blind leading the blind but here we go

#1 - at the top of this page, in the green menu bar, click on PHOTO GALLERIES

#2- It will give you 2 choices - pick GARDEN.

#3- it will bring up a page that has a paragraph in all red type on the right side - this is actually an alphabetical list - Look for PROUD PROJECTS on this list and click on it.

#4- Now you should be on the PROUD PROJECTS page - and it should be the first photo, top left.

If I can do it, ANYONE can do it!!

Well thank you Ines! I couldn't find it either---it was the red paragraph that threw me off. Who knew "proud projects" would be hidden in there?

Sal, the hangers you made are indeed lovely. Many years ago my mother made stunning hangers very similiar to yours. Then she got it in her head that macrame was "dated" and threw them all out. But hers, like yours, were beautifully done and timeless. Excellent work!

Thanks Jen...I never would have found that. I never knew it was there. Now I find myself going through ALL the pictures in several of those places.Ha. That one titled sheds is great too.
Laura...those plant hangers are GREAT. You did a fine job and I wish I could make some that looked that nice. I had a guy from a cactus forum make me one once and I love it, but it seemed to cost a lot for the materials, etc. What does it cost you to make those if you were to buy the materials?
Marcy

Hi everyone, glad you found my photo in "proud projects". I want to post more, but need to reduce the size of the photos first. I have a bunch more macrames I've made. Does anyone like succulents?

I was under the impression that the thicker-leaved hoyas WERE succulent. I could be wrong, of course...
If they are, then we must all like succulents! My boyfriend seems to believe that I am letting them take over the house... never. Then he tells me I can put a bar behind the sofa to hang them up on - stupid boy. Then I can hang lots!

Any plant that stores water in it's leaves or stems would be considered a succulent. Even though the most well know succulents are in the cactus catagory, there are many succulents that are not cacti.

I think storing water in the leaves is a survival technique that probably evolved in plants living in dry, arid climates. Since we know that most hoyas come from the rainforests, I would think that because most epiphytic plants grow in the trees with no contact with soil on ground, they probably need to store alot of water in their leaves just in case they need it. I could be wrong, but that makes the most sense to me.

I started making my own hangers because I am cheap and the ones in Wal-Mart were ugly (tacky). I can make several hangers out of a ball of twine but I haven't done anything elaborate.

The ones Sal made are beautiful! I know that Sal's are more time consuming and require some planning to have long enough "working" strands. But they have inspired me!

Now, to find the time.

I have been keeping my houseplants on the porch and need to bring them in soon as I live in New England. I have a long bushy swedish ivy and a large spider plant which I want to hang. Plants are currently on a variety of old tables that I found. Previous attempts to put a large plant into a macramé hanger have resulted in broken plants and plants on the floor. How can I get a large heavy plant into a macramé hanger without a plant catastrophe happening?

My cats damaged my spider plant which was on a stand before I put it outside but it has come back nicely since they have stopped eating it. I have hesitated to hang very heavy plants in the house as I fear that one might fall and hurt a cat. However I don't want my plants to be chewed on again. I also want to hang two tropical plants which contain oxalates and are very poisonous to the cats.

You know how some plants and bouquets of flowers come in those paper sleeves? You could make one out of newspaper and place your plant into it before placing the plant into the hanger, then once the pot is settled in where it needs to be, just tear the sleeve and carefully pull it out and off. If the plant is really big or bushy, you may need to use something more substantial than newspaper, like that brown craft paper people use to wrap packages for the mail.

I have never done this, I just thought of it when I read your post, so I don't know if it will work well, but I think it would. Swedish Ivy is hard to work with, so maybe this will help. Let me know!

I am going to try this. It sounds like a great idea. Thank you and will let you know how it works.

I think the trick to getting plants into hangers is to start with the macrame on the floor. Lay the strings down and spread them out to make a circle---them put your plant in the middle and slowly bring up the stings, being careful not to break any stems. Trying to get a plant into macrame that's already hanging is darn near impossible! ;)

Ines - this is how I transplant largish plants from the awful EA soil into my mix. Remove the hanger from the pot, make a "cone" sleeve around the plant, pull it from the pot and knock the old soil off, then fill the pot with new soil and set it back in. Take off the cone. Ta-da!

Denise in Omaha

These are not the best photos, but I wanted to show off my new beaded copper wire hangers my hoya friend Michaela sent me from Isreal, she made them herself. Even after the copper turns that greenish color, they will be so pretty.

I had admired one that was in a photo she sent me, and a few weeks later these arrived in the mail as a surprise - I was so touched and so happy to get them! They look great when the morning sun shines thru them. {{gwi:956065}} {{gwi:956066}} {{gwi:956068}}

Ines,
Your macrame hangers are very pretty, that was very nice of your friend to send those to you and a suprise at that....
shanna

Very nice Ines! It looks like they took a bit of work to make. You have a very nice friend.

that was very nice of your friend to make those for you.
what kind of hoya is the one on the right in the first picture? i thought it was a spider plant at first glance

those are really pretty. What is that hoya in the first picture? the one with the roundish freckled leaves?

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Here's a better pic. You can't see them, but there are long leafless vines shooting off in all directions. Grows alot like carnosa. It's a cultivar, called cv Minibelle - I think it is a cross between carnosa and shepherdii - or carnosa x longifolia? I really can't remember. It gets a carnosa-ish flower. I thought it was one of those petite looking hoyas, but some of the leaves can get big. The pot it is in is a 5" or 6" so that gives you some indication of the size. I started it from one cutting last summer and it has grown in spurts, periods of no action and then it goes crazy. No flowers yet, though! I think they are supposed to grow fast and flower young, and it is definately potbound...so I am hoping for flowers this spring or summer coming up.

Is the one beside it cv. Mathide? Is that the one you were talking about in ur email? It's so cute!

Wow Jen,
Those are beautiful! I wonder though with the oxidization and the weight increase of the plant if those might not snap after time though. Also copper is a conductor of electricity. It would be interesting if any static electricity caused by the wire would make the plant decide to unwind from the hangers. just scientific observation.

yes Kookie, that's cv Mathilde(carnosa/serpens cross) I got that one at the same time I got minibelle, it isn't doing so great right now, had mealies this summer and has been struggling a bit since I treated it. Almost a third of it has died back. I hope I won't lose it.

Interesting observations, Mentha...though the hangers are sturdy, I agree they wouldn't be if these plants got very heavy, but that is probably quite a while down the road. If it happens, I will just switch them to younger and lighter plants. As for electrical conduction, I will remember to stay away from them during a thunder storm..

Everyone have a great thanksgiving!

I am looking for some directions in making macrame jewelry. I know it is a little " out of style" but everything comes back if you wait long enough. Can anyone out there direct me to where I might get started making jewelry?
Thanks,
P.S. the basket holders are very pretty, expecially the beaded ones.

hi gretchen:
i got into macrame so that i wouldn't have to buy dog collars anymore.
i found lots of books in a local hastings, and that is how i learned. they had books on jewlery and books on the larger stuff like plant hangers. just depends what your trying to learn to weave.
im sure you can find them in the crafts section in any books store.
jaci

Try Googling 'macrame jewelry"? Tho' I don't know if you mean it to be made from rope/twine or metal as jewelry would mean to me???